Essays on Novel

The Rickshaw boy was novel and written by Lao She, the main character was Xiangzi. He was an orphan farmer who worked for rickshaw puller in Beijing. He was optimistic and with the hope of his life, his dream is having his own rickshaw. The…

A structure The Handmaids Tale is a dystopian novel written by Margaret Atwood. It is set in “near-future” New England where a group of religious extremist that call themselves the Republic of Gilead overthrow the United States Government. This novel is not only dystopian but…

When Conan Doyle was writing about the Sherlock Holmes novels, he decided to be an objective writer. I firmly believe that this is because of the strict lifestyle and social order that existed during the Victorian era in New England. For Doyle to represent his…

“The Crystilleries of Echoland” by Dew Pellucid is a young adult novel about a hidden world called Echoland. This world is filled with Sounds and Echos, earthly people and their translucent, dimensional counterparts, however, the Law of Death in this world is causing thousands of…

Dear Erich Maria Remarque, My name is Paul Bäumer. I am just a teenager, nineteen to be exact, that’s trying to figure out what to do with my life. At least, I used to be figuring it out. About a month ago, I decided to…

Authors use our world as an inspiration in their literature, which is not a surprise that a plethora of texts reflects our world. The fictional Dystopian novel ‘Illuminae’ by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman is an adequate example of texts that mirror our society. Aspects…

The first Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone focuses on themes of good vs. evil, immortality and death, and is also full of religious symbolism. Author J.K. Rowling includes these themes and symbols to further the development of the series and characters….

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque describes the school-aged German soldier Paul Bäumer’s involvement in World War I. The book shows how he and his comrades changed during the war. From their early time in training to their deaths towards the end…

In the novel “Cannery Row,” John Steinbeck tends to make the readers comprehend that the novels attitude towards one of the main characters, Doc, is acceptance, kindness, and forgiving despite what errors people may do in Cannery Row. Doc’s character is the proprietor and dealer…

Okonkwo can be violent and very quick tempered, as shown by “He has a slight stammer and whenever he was angry and could not get his words out quickly enough he would use his fists. ”(4) This quote shows us he is quick to anger…